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what is a journal?
An official publication of scientific research
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what is peer review?
When research is submitted to a panel of experts in that field who decide whether it is good enough to be published in a journal
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what is plagiarism ?
publishing other peoples work or ideas as your own without giving it to others and gaining credit for this
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what is fabrication?
making up data or research to get an article published
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what is publication bias?
publishing headline grabbing findings to increase the the popularity of the results when the research may not be as exciting in reality
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what is file draw effect?
peer review favour a positive results and results with a null hypothesis are found too be reject leading to an unrepresentative view of finings
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what is objectivity?
when a reviewer should be objective but they are not and if the view presented opposes their own view they are less likely to be unbiased
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what is preserving the status quo?
because science is conservative if any information that contrasts current beliefs arises this may be rejected
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